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Eccoci qua di nuovo con una nuova edizione di The English Breakfast—la rubrica settimanale di consigli e trucchi di Business English pensata appositamente per i professionisti italiani.

Spero che tu abbia passato una bellissima settimana! Qui a Milano è stata una settimana piena di sole, quindi devo dire che, nonostante io sia un amante dell’inverno e delle montagne, è stato bello fare qualche passeggiata con il mio cane e godermi un po’ di sole in faccia 😊 

Comunque, let’s get down to business, oggi guardiamo come tradurre una parola che ha diversi usi in inglese. Guarda questo video per scoprirla subito.

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Let’s continue in English 😎 

Okay, so here’s a quick summary of what you’ve just learnt in the video.

Addirittura! = Really? / No way! / Seriously! (per esprimere sorpresa)

Addirittura = even (per enfatizzare)

Let’s practise

Are you ready for a challenge? Test your understanding of the translations of addirittura with these 6 questions. Can you complete them with the appropriate translation of addirittura in English? (Check the answers below when you’re finished.)

1. You ate 50 chicken nuggets in one sitting? _______!

2. My grandma is so tech-savvy, she _______ has TikTok.

3. You bumped into your boss at the beach… while wearing a unicorn rubber ring? _______!

4. This café is so popular, you need a reservation _______ for a Monday morning coffee.

5. He loves pizza so much, he _______ eats it for breakfast.

6. You stayed up all night watching cat videos? _______!

Here are the answers ✅ 

1. Really? / No way! / Seriously? 

2. even 

3. Really? / No way! / Seriously? 

4. even 

5. even 

6. Really? / No way! / Seriously? 

Let’s read 📖 

If I had to choose a topic that is perhaps the least exciting to include in a newsletter, I would probably choose recycling.

But stay with me, because you’re about to meet a woman from the UK who takes things to the next level. She even managed to avoid producing any general waste for a whole year! Could you do the same? Find out how she achieves this incredible feat, and while you’re at it, see if you can find any examples of even in the article. Let’s go…

Let’s play 🎲 

Moving on to a decidedly more glamorous topic, you may have heard that it was the Oscars this week in Tinseltown (slang for Hollywood). That means it’s the perfect time to test your vocabulary skills with the Hollywood Lingo Quiz (lingo = gergo).

Can you get all the answers correct? Reply to this email and let me know how you do! Good luck 😀 

Infine, se non sei soddisfatto del tuo livello di inglese e vuoi fare progressi quest’anno, offro lezioni private online. Ho una disponibilità molto limitata, (ho disponibili solo un corso Basic e un corso Level Up) quindi, se questo ti interessa, clicca sul link qui sotto per vedere i miei corsi o semplicemente rispondi a questa email con la parola “corso” e ti contatterò per discutere i tuoi obiettivi e vedere se posso aiutarti a raggiungerli, tutto senza impegno ovviamente 😀 

All right, that’s it for today’s edition. What did you think? Reply to this email and let me know 📧 

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Ciao for now,

Dan

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